Boy's cash Christmas gift turns out to be counterfeit

LINCOLN PARK — A boy learned that a $100 bill he got from a relative for Christmas was counterfeit.

The boy went to Mobil, 4140 Fort St., at about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 30 to get change for the bill. After the teller gave the boy change, he tested the bill with a marker, which resulted in a positive reading for counterfeit.

The teller demanded the boy give the other money back, which he did, and also advised the boy that he was calling police and had to keep the bill.

The boy told the teller and police that he did not know the bill was a fake. An officer tested it with three different markers; all revealed it was a forgery. It was confiscated.